The House of Binciola or Binčulić was one of the patrician families of

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and the

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, active between the 12th and 17th centuries.

Name

Their original name, in Italian, was ''Binciola'', which was also spelled ''Binçola'', ''Binzola'', ''Biniciola'', ''Bensiola'' and ''Buccignola''. In modern Croatian, it has been transcribed as ''Binčola'', and Slavicized into ''Binčulić''.

History

They hailed from

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in modern-day

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, then known as

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. They were among the eleven smallest houses in the 15th century. In the beginning of the 15th century Ragusan nobility were present in

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as merchants or mining lords; Binçola were also present. Serafim Radi enumerated the noble families that lived in Ragusa in 1588, including the ''Binciolla''.

Members

*Bernardus (Bernardo) Bensiola/Binciola (fl. 1550–54) *Hieronymus D. Marini Buccignola (fl. 1559) *Johannes ser Marianus arianiBindola (fl. 1587) *Marianus Binciola (fl. 1587) *Marino Binciola, ''signore'' *Stephanus Binciola *Marinus Nicolai de Binciola (fl. 1647) *Anselmus Binciola *Fosco (di) Binciola *Giugnio de Binciola *Giorgi Vite Binciola

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Binciola Ragusan noble families Italians of Croatia

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